Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group shut down three plants after a cyber attack, experts believe it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group shut down three facilities in France, Germany, and Tunisia in response to a cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Ransomware gang Money Message announced to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International). MSI is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack against the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn that impacted production in Mexico. The electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn confirmed that its production plant in Tijuana (Mexico) has been impacted by a ransomware attack in late May. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

The Conti ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the recent attack against Nordex, one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbines. The Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that hit the manufacturer of wind turbines Nordex on March 31, 2022. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

“ Curious Gorge, a group TAG attributes to China’s PLA SSF, has remained active against government, military, logistics and manufacturing organizations in Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia. ” wrote Google TAG Security Engineer Billy Leonard. ” wrote Google TAG Security Engineer Billy Leonard.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2022

At the end of March, the Conti ransomware gang hit the manufacturer of wind turbines Nordex, while in early March, wind turbine manufacturer Enercon GmbH lost remote connection to roughly 5,800 turbines due to an attack on Viasat’s satellite network. To nominate, please visit:? Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

All too often, this gives them a false sense of security: when in fact, threat actors can not only access and watch your camera feed but exploit the unsecured device to hack into your network. After looking at 28 of the most popular manufacturers, our research team found 3.5 The reign of a Chinese brand.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

A devices may have been designed in one country and its components could be manufactured across multiple countries worldwide. A security incident suffered by one of the companies producing these components could have a significant impact on the overall product and service. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Having access, they could exfiltrate a treasure trove of sensitive data, given that Siemens manufactures and maintains a lot of technologies and machines used by critical infrastructure.” “We sincerely hope that threat actors didn’t discover the leak before Siemens managed to fix it,” said Cybernews researchers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

CVE-2021-3971: A potential vulnerability by a driver used during older manufacturing processes on some consumer Lenovo Notebook devices that was mistakenly included in the BIOS image could allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify firmware protection region by modifying an NVRAM variable. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

manufacturers on behalf of Russian end-users, including defense contractors and other Russian government agencies. electronics manufacturers and distributors between approximately October 2012 and January 2022. hacking tools and electronics appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads a press release published by DoJ.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 29, 2024

This blog will briefly overview the most essential developments shaping the legislative and compliance environment. When enforced, the regulation will mandate manufacturers to prioritize security from the design stage and throughout the product's entire lifecycle.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2023

designs, manufactures, sells, and services medical devices and software products for treating cancer and other medical conditions worldwide. “ALL DATABASES AND PATIENT DATA WAS EXFILTRATED AND PREPARED TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE BLOG” states the Lockbit gang on its TOR leak site. Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Kraft Heinz is an American food company, it is one of the largest food and beverage manufacturers globally. The Snatch ransomware group announced it had hacked the food giant Kraft Heinz, the company is investigating the claims. In October 2022, the Snatch ransomware group claimed to have hacked the French company HENSOLDT France.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

The list of recently compromised businesses includes: Forest – The hacktivists leaked 37,500 emails stolen from the company which is a Russian logging and wood manufacturing firm. a Russian logging and wood manufacturing firm and associated companies. Aerogas’ clients include Rosneft, NOVATEK, Volgagaz, Purneft, and others.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

In December 2019, German media reported that hackers suspected to be members of the Vietnam-linked APT Ocean Lotus ( APT32 ) group breached the networks of the car manufacturers BMW and Hyundai. The intrusion aimed at stealing automotive trade secrets.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

Smarter security is the rising tide that lifts all ships. As all parts of an organization overlap with security, an increase in one allows benefits in others. About the essayist: Chris Reffkin is chief information security officer at cybersecurity software and services provider Fortra.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Since February, the attacks targeted organizations in critical manufacturing, IT, and Israel’s defense industry. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

This allowed ESET researchers to identify devices previously used in a data center/ cloud computing business (specifically, a router provisioning a university’s virtualized assets), a nationwide US law firm, manufacturing and tech companies, a creative firm, and a major Silicon Valleybased software developer, among others.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

The campaign flew under the radar since at least 2019, it was attributed by the experts to the China-linked Winnti group and targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. ” reads the report published by Cybereason. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2023

We encourage you to get in touch or we’ll start posting your data on our blog soon. “We encourage you to get in touch or we’ll start posting your data on our blog soon. . “We have over 2TB of very sensitive data, lawyers, SEC, DoD, FBI, Police and more. We mailed you the login link.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

The software is used by organizations in almost every industry, including automotive, food & beverage, hospitality, Managed Information Technology Service Provider (MSP), and manufacturing. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered that the supply chain attack was used to deliver a backdoor tracked by the Russian firm as Gopuram.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

Researchers from security firm Trellix discovered some critical vulnerabilities in HID Mercury Access Controllers that can be exploited by attackers to remotely unlock doors. The flaws impact products manufactured by LenelS2, a provider of advanced physical security solutions (i.e. ” reads the post published by Trellix.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Last year, with a total share of 18% of all cyberattacks, it was the second most targeted industry, following manufacturing. ICICI Bank’s response Threat to financial accounts Finance and insurance are one of the most targeted industries by cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

. “We have not been informed about a risk related to an energy management component by any authority,” Patrick Berger, Huawei’s head of media affairs told POLITICO. ” The German interior ministry is making a census of components manufactured by Chinese suppliers that are used by national network operators.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Please vote for Security Affairs as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog” and others of your choice.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

On January 28, 2019, the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council released the “ Medical Device and Health IT Joint Security Plan ” (“JSP” or “Plan”)—cybersecurity recommendations for medical device manufacturers, healthcare information technology vendors, and healthcare providers.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In fact, in 2020–2022, the financial sector was the second-most attacked sector, topped only by the retail and manufacturing sector. To help navigate such security-specific challenges, organisations may find it useful to reference a best-practice standard like ISO 27005 , which offers guidance on managing information security risks.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Welcome to a new series of weekly blog posts rounding up the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Breached organisation: Kwik Trip, American convenience store chain.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2022

The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed Raspberry Robin targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. The malware uses TOR exit nodes as a backup C2 infrastructure. Initial access is typically through infected removable drives, often USB devices. To nominate, please visit:?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Whether we put name ‘X’ or ‘Y’ on the adversary, we strongly believe that we are dealing with a Chinese actor whose long-term objectives are persistence in their victims’ networks and the acquisition of the intelligence needed to make political/strategic or manufacturing decisions.”. Access Through Compromised Web Server.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. In early April, the ransomware gang Money Message announced to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

” states the blog post published by Malwarebytes. Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

The investigation into the botnet revealed that its operators compromised several large public and private entities, including a university, a hotel, a television studio, and an electronics manufacturer, along with home businesses and individuals. To nominate, please visit:?. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. .” reads the joint report. ” continues the report.

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